READING MAGIC-Learning to Read
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DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY
CategoryEducation
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.8 (10)
Version6.9
Age rating4+
First seen by us
23 Oct 2026
Rating
4.8 ★
10 ratings
Measured
READING MAGIC-Learning to Read on the App Store
App details
App ID
416896853
Publisher
PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY
On the store since
Feb 2011
15 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 13.7+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
218 MB
Also listed in
Games, Family
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
10 ratings
Measured
Ratings
10
Measured
About READING MAGIC-Learning to Read
Unlock the Magic of Reading with READING MAGIC 1!
Transform your child into a confident reader with READING MAGIC 1! This app makes learning to read an exciting adventure with interactive activities focused on short-vowel words, specifically CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) words.
Meticulously designed to provide an advanced boost to your child’s phonemic awareness, this app combines three foundational pillars of literacy science into one powerful, interactive ecosystem: Blending (Listening), Segmenting (Speaking), and Decoding (Reading). Grounded firmly in Science of Reading principles and utilizing University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) guidelines, READING MAGIC provides specific, precise training with extensive repetitions to help young brains bridge the gap between spoken sound units and complete words.
IDEAL FOR BOTH BEGINNING PRE-READERS AND STRUGGLING READERS
For Beginning Pre-Readers: A stress-free launchpad. By practicing words through pure sound sequences first, your child masters the internal mechanics of reading without cognitive overload. This keeps them from being frustrated by trying to learn separate, difficult skills at the same time.
For Struggling or Remedial Readers: If your child's reading is hesitant or choppy, or if they guess at words, this app provides the targeted intervention recommended by modern reading science to help young brains bridge the gap.
THREE CRITICAL SKILL-BUILDING PILLARS
While many phonics programs completely overlook the auditory mechanics of reading, our program systematically guides your child through the complete progression of decoding:
Skill 1: Blending (Listening): Interactive listening activities train your child’s neural processing ability to hear isolated sounds in words and join them together mentally. This builds the vital auditory runway required for future fluency.
Skill 2: Segmenting (Speaking): True spelling and reading independence require the ability to pull spoken words apart into their individual sound units. These exercises build explicit awareness of the acoustic structure of language.
Skill 3: Decoding (Reading): The ultimate bridge to literacy. Your child applies their mastery of blending and segmenting directly to text, smoothly moving from spoken sounds to visual words.
STRUCTURAL SPACING & INSTRUCTION (Science-Backed Layout)
Our app builds the actual findings of reading science directly into the user interface for maximum visual clarity:
Anti-Crowding Design: Peer-reviewed research, including Marinus et al. (2016) and Wery & Diliberto (2017), demonstrates that generous letter spacing is critical for early decoding. By placing each letter on its own isolated card with distinct physical gaps, our layout eliminates visual crowding, allowing your child to isolate each sound unit cleanly.
True Comprehension: The app strictly discourages picture guessing, forcing children to rely purely on their decoding skills to foster true comprehension and build lasting confi
Transform your child into a confident reader with READING MAGIC 1! This app makes learning to read an exciting adventure with interactive activities focused on short-vowel words, specifically CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) words.
Meticulously designed to provide an advanced boost to your child’s phonemic awareness, this app combines three foundational pillars of literacy science into one powerful, interactive ecosystem: Blending (Listening), Segmenting (Speaking), and Decoding (Reading). Grounded firmly in Science of Reading principles and utilizing University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) guidelines, READING MAGIC provides specific, precise training with extensive repetitions to help young brains bridge the gap between spoken sound units and complete words.
IDEAL FOR BOTH BEGINNING PRE-READERS AND STRUGGLING READERS
For Beginning Pre-Readers: A stress-free launchpad. By practicing words through pure sound sequences first, your child masters the internal mechanics of reading without cognitive overload. This keeps them from being frustrated by trying to learn separate, difficult skills at the same time.
For Struggling or Remedial Readers: If your child's reading is hesitant or choppy, or if they guess at words, this app provides the targeted intervention recommended by modern reading science to help young brains bridge the gap.
THREE CRITICAL SKILL-BUILDING PILLARS
While many phonics programs completely overlook the auditory mechanics of reading, our program systematically guides your child through the complete progression of decoding:
Skill 1: Blending (Listening): Interactive listening activities train your child’s neural processing ability to hear isolated sounds in words and join them together mentally. This builds the vital auditory runway required for future fluency.
Skill 2: Segmenting (Speaking): True spelling and reading independence require the ability to pull spoken words apart into their individual sound units. These exercises build explicit awareness of the acoustic structure of language.
Skill 3: Decoding (Reading): The ultimate bridge to literacy. Your child applies their mastery of blending and segmenting directly to text, smoothly moving from spoken sounds to visual words.
STRUCTURAL SPACING & INSTRUCTION (Science-Backed Layout)
Our app builds the actual findings of reading science directly into the user interface for maximum visual clarity:
Anti-Crowding Design: Peer-reviewed research, including Marinus et al. (2016) and Wery & Diliberto (2017), demonstrates that generous letter spacing is critical for early decoding. By placing each letter on its own isolated card with distinct physical gaps, our layout eliminates visual crowding, allowing your child to isolate each sound unit cleanly.
True Comprehension: The app strictly discourages picture guessing, forcing children to rely purely on their decoding skills to foster true comprehension and build lasting confi
Latest updates
6.9
BIG USER INTERFACE UPGRADE The layout has been completely refreshed for maximum visual clarity, ensuring a cleaner, distraction-free environment that helps early readers focus entirely on learning. The Navigation system has been clarified and simplified for easier navigation.
CRITICAL PERFORMANCE & SOUND FIXES
We heard your feedback and have completely resolved the crashing and silencing bugs reported in previous versions. This build delivers rock-solid performance, steady system stability, and completely reliable audio playback so your child can practice their letter sounds entirely interruption-free.
NEW 4-CHOICE GAME OPTIONS Both the Blending and Decoding games now feature an expanded four-choice mode. This gives children more variety and repetitive practice opportunities to build robust phonemic awareness.
CUSTOM BLENDING SPEEDS You now have direct control over playback. New speed options let you slow down or speed up the sound blending delivery to match your child's exact learning pace.
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